Keeping Wix users on the list...
It's not clear to my why the 7.1 Dlls would be in use by Explorer unless
you are installing them into a folder where Explorer is using them from,
so you'll have to explain exactly where they are installed to. I don't
know what your default is because the 71 modules can be directed most
places. You don't have to use Orca to make them go into your app folder.
The module retargetable folder can be set to your app folder.
The VS 2005 merge modules are completely different, and have a different
install paradigm. They are installed into the systems SxS folder and if
you include (say) the VC80 merge module the corresponding policy merge
module is also included. The VS runtime executable does things
differently, but the end result is the same - a manifest that redirects
clients to the current installed version.
Phil Wilson
From: fiordean dacian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 6:26 AM
To: Wilson, Phil
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules
Do you mean installing my app under System folder? Nope.
As for the merge modules, they are installed into their default folder.
If I have to install the 71 dlls into my app's folder, I need to modify
them by hand using Orca, right?
Actually MFC71 wasn't a typo, actually I need VC2003 stuff. I just
mentioned VC2005 runtime since I saw on that blog a discussion about I
don't know what policy_*.msm thing which btw isn't included with the
VC2005 runtime. So forget that...
Me either I don't know why this is happenning when repair. I was
expecting those msm's not to install each time, but rather when not
present. It looks like they are getting installed no matter. So that's
why I was wondering if it's possible to condition their installation in
Wix.
Thanks,
Dacian
----- Original Message ----
From: "Wilson, Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:40:53 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules
Are you installing into the System folder? The 71 Dlls can be side by
side, so you can install them into your application folder. Visual
Studio 2005 support Dlls are SxS in the WinSxS folder - they're
installed differently. Was MFC71 a typo? That's the Visual Studio 2003
MFC support, but elsewhere you're referring to 2005. I'm not sure what
you're getting at with that "in case of a repair" - this is just at
install time, right?
Phil Wilson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fiordean
dacian
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:07 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules
Hi,
I'm installing MFC71, CRT and STL merge modules together with my
product. The problem I'm having is Windows Installer asks me to reboot
at the end of the installation in case of a repair since some of those
modules are held in use by Windows Explorer. At the installation, I
don't have this problem. I assume is due to the way those merge modules
are made. Is there a way to avoid this?
I'm reading through blogs around Internet about policy_* merge modules
(I don't really understand why do I need all those):
http://msdn.technetweb3.orcsweb.com/astebner/archive/2007/02/13/building
-an-msi-using-wix-v3-0-that-includes-the-vc-8-0-runtime-merge-modules.as
px
I downloaded VC 2005 SP1 redistributable package from Microsoft but it
doesn't install anything of that type (ie policy_* merge module files).
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1A-4
A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Dacian
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